*Standout basketball player at Saginaw High School from 1949-51

Three-time All-State selection; Named to four All-State teams his senior year

*Outstanding four-year cage career at Michigan Normal College (now Eastern Michigan)

*Broke the school's season scoring record for his freshmen year (325 points)

*Scored a record 46 points against Illinois Normal his sophomore season, and broke his season scoring record as a sophomore (369 points)

*Named All-Conference four times and became school's career scoring leader with 1,197 points

*Inducted into Eastern Michigan University's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1978

*Played four years for the famed Harlem Satellites

*Head basketball coach at Ypsilanti Roosevelt High School

*Nephew of William "Bill" Watson, a member of the inaugural class of the Saginaw County Sports Hall of Fame